Australian Dictionary of Biography

13 August, 1905
Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

18 November, 1997 (aged 92)
Mona Vale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• McCarthy, Elsie (wife)
• Anderson, Charles (work colleague)
• Mountford, Charles Pearcy (work colleague)
• Elkin, Adolphus Peter (teacher)
• Tindale, Norman Barnett (related entry)

• Annandale Junior Technical School (Sydney) (student)
• University of Sydney (student, 1935-1935)

• librarian (1920-1932) New South Wales, Australia
• public servant (1920-1971) New South Wales, Australia
• anthropologist (1930-1997) New South Wales, Australia
• archaeologist (1930-1997) New South Wales, Australia
• heritage conservationist (1932-1997) New South Wales, Australia
• museum curator (1932-1964) New South Wales, Australia

• American-Australian Arnhem Land Scientific Expedition (1948) (participant)

• Anthropological Society of New South Wales (member, 1930-1997)
• Royal Society of New South Wales (president, 1956-1956)
• Australian Academy of the Humanities (fellow, 1990-1997)

• Australian Museum (Sydney) (librarian, 1920-1932)
• Australian Museum (Sydney) (curator, 1932-1964)
• Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (principal, 1964-1971)